Isaiah 2

1 This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 In the last days the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Many from the other nations will travel to it.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

3 People will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. There God will teach us his ways and we will follow his directions. God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.”

And many people shall go and say, Come all of you, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 The Lord will decide the cases of the nations; he will settle arguments between nations. They will hammer their swords and turn them into plough blades, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other anymore; they will no longer learn methods of warfare.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

5 Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.

O house of Jacob, come all of you, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

6 For you, Lord, have given up on your people the Israelites, because they have adopted pagan practices from the East, they use spells like the Philistines, and make friends with foreigners.

Therefore you have forsaken your people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

7 Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots.

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

8 Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

9 These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!

And the mean man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not.

10 Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.

Enter into the rock, and hide you in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

11 Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down.

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

13 He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,

And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

14 He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

15 He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

16 He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

17 The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 Idols will completely vanish away.

And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

19 People will run away into rock caves and holes in the ground to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth.

20 On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats and the bats.

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

21 They will run to cracks in the rocks and gaps on the cliffs to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake terribly the earth.

22 Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?

Cease all of you from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?